SYSTEM NAME:
Evidence Management System (EMS).
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
None.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Contractor-based Data Centers, including one presently located at 13640 Briarwick Drive, Austin, Texas 78729, and the Data Center maintained by the U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, DC.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
Attorneys and paralegal specialists; contractors and other staff employed or retained by SOL; individuals, entities and/or parties involved in pending and active litigation, investigation or facilitated resolution matters.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
The system contains documents and records received from individuals and private parties as well as federal, state, local and foreign governments and organizations, as well as additional analysis derived from these documents. These materials also include documents filed with or obtained by the Department of Labor, such as court records, pleadings, and witness statements. The system also contains records that incorporate the work product of the various SOL offices and other privileged documents.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
5 U.S.C. § 301, 5 U.S.C. § 552, and 5 U.S.C. § 552a.
PURPOSE(S):
These records are maintained for the purpose of investigating and/or initiating enforcement actions involving alleged violations of federal labor laws, developing administrative regulations, and defending law suits and claims brought against the Department of Labor.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USE:
None, except for those universal routine uses listed in the General Prefatory Statement to this document.
DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES:
None.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, SECURING, RETAINING, AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
Files are stored electronically; source materials from which electronic files are derived may originate in hardcopy form.
RETRIEVABILITY:
Files are retrieved by plaintiff's name, defendant's name, case identification number, or other identifying information of individuals, entities and/or parties involved in pending and active litigation, investigation or facilitated resolution matters.
SAFEGUARDS:
Access by authorized personnel only. Computer security safeguards are used for electronically stored data and locked locations for associated paper files.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Retention and disposal of the records will be governed in accordance with the applicable disposition instruction in the DOL/SOL Records Schedule DAA-0174-0006.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Department of Labor, Associate Solicitor, Office of Management and Administrative Legal Services, Office of the Solicitor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Inquiries should be mailed to the System Manager.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
A request for access should be mailed to the System Manager.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
A petition for amendment should be mailed to System Manager.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Information contained in this system is obtained from DOL employees, individuals, entities and other private parties as well as federal, state, local and foreign governments and organizations involved in pending and active litigation, investigation, oversight, or facilitated resolution matters.
SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVACY ACT:
The Department of Labor has claimed exemptions for several of its other systems of records under 5 U.S.C. § 552 a (k) (1), (2), (3), (5), and (6). During the course of processing a Freedom of Information or Privacy Act appeal, exempt materials from those other systems may become part of the case record in this system. To the extent that copies of exempt records from those other systems are entered into the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act appeals files, the Department has claimed the same exemptions for the records as they have in the original primary system or records of which they are a part.
Under the specific exemption authority provided by 5 U.S.C. §552a(k)(2), this system is exempt from the following provisions of the Privacy Act: 5 U.S.C. § 552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H),(I), and (f) of the Act. Disclosure of information could enable the subject of the record to take action to escape prosecution and could avail the subject greater access to information than that already provided under rules of discovery. In addition, disclosure of information might lead to intimidation of witnesses, informants, or their families, and impair future investigations by making it more difficult to collect similar information.